模拟高原低氧对新生大鼠肾上腺皮质功能发育的影响

本文探讨新生大鼠肾上腺皮质对高原低氧的应签及模拟高原低氧对其功能发育的影响。结果表明,当不同日龄大鼠于５ｋｍ及７ｋｍ海拔２４ｈ,７ｄ,１４ｄ龄大鼠肾上腺皮质无明显应答反应。２１ｄ及２８ｄ龄大鼠肾上腺皮质酮水平随海拔增高而增加,血浆皮质酮表现为抑制作用。     

低氧对大鼠体液免疫的抑制作用

本实验以模拟高原低氧的方法,探讨了低氧对大鼠体液免疫的作用,并与高原鼠兔比较,体液免疫以溶血素和ＩｇＧ产生为指标。实验结果：与对照组相比,大鼠低氧１０ｄ,５ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成１０．３％,７ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成２１．９％;经再次免疫后又低氧１０ｄ,５ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成４．２％,７ｋｍ海拔抑制溶血素形成４．６％,高原土著动物高原鼠兔则不表现上述的抑制现象;大鼠经ＳＲＢＣ腹腔致敏形成２ｄ后低氧     

急性低氧下去甲肾上腺素对大鼠淋巴细胞转化的调节作用

本研究以模拟高原低氧方法,观察低氧作用于大鼠细胞免疫功能以及去甲肾上腺素对免疫作用的调节机制。实验结果：与对照相比,７ｋｍ急性低氧２４ｈ淋巴细胞转化下降４１％（Ｐ〈０．０１）;５ｋｍ低氧暴露时间为７ｄ,２０ｄ时,低氧抑制淋巴细胞转化,分别下降３４％和６０％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,侧脑室注入５ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮＥ,淋巴细胞转化比对照下降２９％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,７ｋｍ１０ｈ低氧暴露时,侧脑室注入酚妥拉明２５μ     

模拟高原低氧对新生大鼠肾上腺皮质功能发育的影晌

本文探讨新生大鼠肾上腺皮质对高原低氧的应答及模拟高原低氧对其功能发育的影响。结果表明,当不同日龄大鼠暴露于５ｋｍ及７ｋｍ海拔２４ｈ,７ｄ、１４ｄ龄大鼠肾上腺皮质无明显应答反应。２１ｄ及２８ｄ龄大鼠肾上腺皮质酮水平随海拔增高而增加,血浆皮质酮表现为抑制作用。当１ｄ龄新生大鼠在５ｋｍ海拔高度发育３ｄ和７ｄ,其肾上腺皮质功能无异于正常发育大鼠;但发育１４ｄ、２１ｄ及２８ｄ,其血液及肾上腺中皮质酮含量均明显低于对照组,肾上腺皮质功能发育严重受抑     

低氧对新生大鼠脾单个核细胞DNA合成及转化的影响

本研究以荧光法测定脾单个核细胞ＤＮＡ合成及ＭＴＴ比色法测定的脾单个核细胞对ＣｏｎＡ的增殖反应,观察模拟高原低氧对出生后１４天大鼠上述两指标的影响,同时也观察了交感神经和副交感神经的活动状态,以初步探讨低氧对上述两指标的作用是如何介导的。结果表明：５ｋｍ海拔高度低氧作用２４ｈ不抑制脾单个细胞ＤＮＡ合成及脾单个核细胞转化,而作用５天时则抑制ＤＮＡ合成及脾单个核细胞转化,分别为对照组的５６．６％（Ｐ＜０．０１）和８６．８％（Ｐ＜０．０５）;７ｋｍ海拔高度低氧作用２４ｈ,ＤＮＡ合成及脾单个核细胞转化均受抑制,分别为对照组的６１．０％（Ｐ＜０．０１）和８１．２％（Ｐ＜０．０１）;７ｋｍ海拔２４ｈ低氧导致脾脏中乙酰胆碱下降,儿茶酚胺升高;用ＤＳＰ－４中枢药理性损毁ＮＥ神经元,可使脾单个核细胞ＤＮＡ合成的抑制程度减弱,脾脏中儿茶酚胺含量下降。这些结果表明低氧可抑制新生大鼠脾单个核细胞的ＤＮＡ合成及转化,并可能与交感神经兴奋及副交感神经抑制有关     

缺氧复合失血性休克动物血浆对血管内皮细胞与白细胞粘…

本实验观察缺氧（模拟海拔４ ０００ｍ高原２４ｈ）复合失血性休克２４ｈ山羊血浆（ＳＰ）对培养的肺动脉内皮细胞（ＰＡＥＣ）与多形核白细胞（ＰＭＮ）粘附的影响,并对其机制进行了探讨。结果表明,ＰＡＥＣ在含２５％浓度ＳＰ的培养液中孵育１０ｍｉｎ－１２ｈ后,与ＰＭＮ粘附率明显增加（２７．４％－４６％,与对照组５％相比Ｐ〈０．０１）;温育１２ｈ末ＰＡＣＥ与ＰＭＮ的粘附力也比孵育３ｈ者明显增加（Ｐ〈０．０１）;     

低氧对高原鼠兔肝细胞内质网和心肌肌浆网Ca^2＋泵的影响

模拟高原低氧条件研究高原鼠兔肝细胞内质网（Ｅｎｄｏｐｌａｓｍｉｃｒｅｔｉｃｕｌｕｍ,ＥＲ）和心肌肌浆网（Ｓａｒｃｏｐｌａｓｍｉｃｒｅｔｉｃｕｌｕｍ,ＳＲ）钙泵功能变化。实验设对照组（海拔２３００ｍ）和两个低氧实验组（模拟海拔５０００ｍ和７０００ｍ）。２４ｈ急性低氧时,海拔５０００ｍ组高原鼠兔ＥＲ的Ｃａ２＋泵活性无变化,海拔７０００ｍ组高原鼠兔ＥＲＣａ２＋泵活性下降２９．０２％。７ｄ亚急性低氧时高原鼠兔ＳＲ的Ｃａ２＋泵活性无显著变化。高原鼠兔ＥＲ的Ｃａ２＋泵活性在海拔５０００ｍ组和７０００ｍ组分别升高３２．５０％和３３．３３％。２５ｄ慢性低氧时高原鼠兔ＥＲ,ＳＲ的Ｃａ２＋泵活性均无显著变化．表明：急性低氧对Ｃａ２＋泵功能有抑制作用,低氧７ｄ后抑制缓解,至２５ｄ低氧时趋于恢复。     

低氧对雄性高原鼠兔性腺的影响

在人工模拟低氧环境下（低压舱模拟５０００ｍ和７０００ｍ海拔高度）,低氧暴露２４ｈ和７ｄ,观察低氧对受试动物性腺的影响。结果表明,急性低氧２４ｈ,高原鼠兔血浆雌二醇（Ｅ２）明显升高;低氧暴露７ｄ,高原鼠兔血浆Ｅ２仍维持一较高水平;５０００ｍ低氧暴露７ｄ,其睾丸指数无明显变化,７０００ｍ时却有所降低。同等条件下,大鼠睾丸指数明显增高;５０００ｍ和７０００ｍ低氧暴露７ｄ对高原鼠兔睾丸组织形态无明显影响,然而,大鼠曲细精管间隙增大,且曲细精管内各级细胞排列紊乱。低氧环境下,高原鼠兔雄体血浆Ｅ２增高,可能是其低氧适应的特征之一     

高原低氧环境下影响肺动脉压力的相关因素分析

肺动脉压力变化是反映机体在高原低氧环境中适应习服或病理损伤的重要生理指标，不同海拔、不同时间的低氧刺激对肺动脉压力的影响也不尽相同，其中许多因素影响肺动脉压力的变化，如血管平滑肌的收缩、血流动力学改变、血管活性调节异常以及心肺功能的异常改变等，深入探讨低氧环境下肺动脉压力的调节因素对明确低氧适应和习服的相关机制及急慢性高原病预防、诊断、治疗、预后具有重要的意义。近年来关于高海拔低氧环境下影响肺动脉压力的相关因素研究有了较大的进展，本文从循环系统血流动力学、血管活性状态及心肺功能变化等方面对低氧环境下肺动脉压力的调节因素和干预措施进行综述。     

急性低氧和复氧对牛主动脉内皮细胞损伤的研究

本实验通过一个自制的用于低氧研究的装置,将细胞暴露于严重低氧条件下（ＰＯ２＝５．３ＫＰａ）观察不同时间低氧和复氧时内皮细胞超微结构和存活率的变化。研究显示随低氧时间延长细胞存活率逐步降低,急性低氧后再复氧细胞存活率进一步降低。细胞超微结构损伤也随低氧时间延长逐步加重,低氧后再复氧超结构损伤程度进一步加重。实验观察到在急性低氧和复氧条件下,培养的牛主动脉内皮细胞超微结构损伤以脂质体和空泡的增加为其最明显特点,而不是线粒体和内质网等细胞器的肿胀和破裂。用ＳＯＤ孵育（１５０μ／ｍｌ）能减少复氧引起的牛主动脉内皮细胞死亡（Ｐ＜０．０５）,提示复氧时可能有超氧自由基产生,并在细胞损伤中起重要作用。     

Effect of hypoxia on prostacyclin production in cultured pulmonary artery endothelium

Exposure of cultured bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells to varying levels of hypoxia (10% or 0% O2) for 4 hours resulted in a significant dose-dependent inhibition in endothelial prostacyclin synthesis (51% and 98%, at the 10% and 0% O2 levels respectively, p less than 0.05, compared to 21% O2 exposure values). Release of 3H-arachidonic acid from cellular pools was not altered by hypoxia. Some of the cells were incubated with arachidonic acid (20 microM for 5 min) or PGH2 (4 microM for 2 min) immediately after exposure. Endothelium exposed to 0% O2, but not to 10% O2, produced significantly less prostacyclin after addition of either arachidonic acid (25 +/- 5% of 21% O2 exposure values, n = 6, p less than 0.01) or PGH2 (31 +/- 3% of 21% O2 exposure values, n = 6, p less than 0.05). These results suggest that hypoxia inhibits cyclooxygenase at the 10% O2 level and both cyclooxygenase and prostacyclin synthetase enzymes at the 0% O2 exposure levels. Exposure of aortic endothelial cells resulted in a 44% inhibition of prostacyclin at the 0% exposure level. No significant alteration in prostacyclin production was found in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells exposed to hypoxia. These data suggest that the increased prostacyclin production reported in lungs exposed to hypoxia is not due to a direct effect of hypoxia on the main prostacyclin producing cells of the pulmonary circulation.     

增殖细胞核抗原在低氧大鼠肺动脉平滑肌细胞中表达

目的通过建立低氧性肺动脉高压大鼠模型,探讨增殖细胞核抗原(proliferating cell nuclear antigen,PCNA)在大鼠低氧性肺血管平滑肌细胞中的表达。方法将SPF级SD大鼠随机分为正常对照组(n=10)、模型组(n=10),通过间断常压低氧法建立大鼠低氧性肺动脉高压模型,肺组织切片经HE染色后图像分析技术定量检测大鼠肺小动脉的形态改变;免疫组织化学染色法测定肺血管平滑肌细胞内PCNA蛋白表达,并经图像分析半定量检测其表达强度。结果 4周后,模型组SD大鼠MT%、MA%与对照组比较,差异具有显著性(P<0.05);模型组SD大鼠肺血管平滑肌细胞内PCNA核蛋白表达(积分面积、累积光密度)与对照组比较,差异具有显著性(P<0.05)。结论常压低氧4周可成功建立肺动脉高压大鼠模型,PCNA在肺血管平滑肌细胞中的表达量具有差异性提示其可能在肺动脉高压形成过程中起重要作用。     

慢性缺氧对自发性高血压大鼠血液动力学和血管反应性的影响

本研究观察了鼠龄10周的自发性高血压大鼠(SHR)在慢性缺氧条件下(模拟海拔5000m,15d)体动脉压(SBP)、平均肺动脉压(MPAP)、左、右心室收缩指数(LVIC、RVIC)和舒张指数(LVIR、RVIR)以及血管反应性的变化。结果表明,慢性缺氧明显阻抑SHR大鼠SBP升高(P<0.05),但使SHR大鼠MPAP升高(P<0.001)。慢性缺氧还可增大SHR大鼠LVIC和LVIR,增强SHR大鼠胸主动脉对乙酰胆碱(ACh)的舒张反应,减弱其对5-羟色胺(5-HT)的收缩反应。SHR大鼠肺动脉对ACh和5-HT的反应则与主动脉相反。实验结果提示,慢性缺氧阻抑SHR大鼠血压升高与血管反应性的改变有关。     

Failure of acute hypoxia to alter pulmonary prostaglandin metabolism in dogs

We studied the effects of acute hypoxia (Fi02 = 0.09-0.11, 20 min.) on transpulmonary plasma prostaglandin (PG) concentrations in ten anesthetized, paralyzed, artificially ventilated dogs. Concentrations of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, TxB2, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, and 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2 alpha were measured from the pulmonary artery and abdominal aorta using radioimmunoassay. In an additional six dogs, the effects of arachidonic acid (AA) infusions (100 mcg/kg/min) during normoxia and acute hypoxia were determined. Compared to normoxic conditions, acute hypoxia increased pulmonary artery pressure (p less than 0.05), decreased both the arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) and the alveolar-to-arterial oxygen tension gradient (A-aDO2) (p less than 0.05), but did not affect transpulmonary plasma PG concentrations. AA infusions significantly (p less than 0.05) increased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha independent of FiO2. Acute hypoxia failed to elicit a pulmonary pressor response in the AA-treated animals although PaO2 and A-aDO2 decreased (p less than 0.05). These data in healthy dogs suggest that (1) acute hypoxia does not alter net pulmonary PG metabolism, (2) prostacyclin synthesis is stimulated by increased plasma AA concentrations and (3) this effect may block normal pressor responses to hypoxic stimuli.     

Effect of hypoxia and reoxygenation on the formation and release of reactive oxygen species by porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells

Endothelial cells are critical targets in both hypoxia-and reoxygenation-mediated lung injury. Reactive O₂ species (ROS) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hypoxic and reoxygenation lung injury, and xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase (XDH/XO) is a major generator of the ROS. Porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC) have no detectable XDH/XO. This study was undertaken to examine (1) ROS production by hypoxic porcine PAEC and their mitochondria and (2) ROS production and injury in reoxygenated PAEC lacking XDH/XO activity. Intracellular H₂O₂ generation and extracellular H₂O₂ and O/₂ release were measured after exposure to normoxia (room air-5% CO₂), hypoxia (0% O₂ -95% N-5% CO₂), or hypoxia followed by normoxia or hyperoxia (95% O₂-5% CO₂). Exposure to hypoxia results in significant reductions in intracellular H₂ O₂ formation and extracellular release of H₂ O₂ and O₂ by PAEC and mitochondria. The reductions occur with as little as a 2 h exposure and progress with continued exposure. During reoxygenation, cytotoxicity was not observed, and the production of ROS by PAEC and their mitochondria never exceeded levels observed in normoxic cells. The absence of XDH/XO may prevent porcine PAEC from developing injury and increased ROS production during reoxygenation. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Effect of L-arginine on pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell apoptosis in rats with hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling

This study investigated the effect of L-arginine (L-Arg) on the apoptosis of pulmonary arterysmooth muscle cells (PASMC) in rats with hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling,and itsmechanisms.Seventeen Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group (n=5),a hypoxia group(n=7),and a hypoxia L-Arg group (n=5).The morphologic changes of lung tissues were observed underoptical microscope.Using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate-biotin nick end labeling assay,the apoptosis of PASMC was examined.Fas expression in PASMC wasexamined using immunohistochemistry.The results showed that the percentage of muscularized artery insmall pulmonary vessels,and the relative medial thickness and relative medial area of the small and medianpulmonary muscularized arteries in the hypoxic group were all significantly increased.Pulmonary vascularstructural remodeling developed after hypoxia.Apoptotic smooth muscle cells of the small and median pul-monary arteries in the hypoxia group were significantly less than those in the control group.After 14 d ofhypoxia,Fas expression by smooth muscle cells of median and small pulmonary arteries was significantlyinhibited.L-Arg significantly inhibited hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling in association withan augmentation of apoptosis of smooth muscle cells as well as Fas expression in PASMC.These resultsshowed that L-Arg could play an important role in attenuating hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remod-eling by upregulating Fas expression in PASMC,thus promoting the apoptosis of PASMC.     

The effect of repeated intermittent hypoxia on pulmonary vasoconstriction in the newborn

The effect of repeated intermittent hypoxia upon the basal pulmonary vascular tone in the newborn period is unknown. We therefore studied the central hemodynamic response to seven repeated intermittent hypoxic challenges in acutely prepared piglets under 2 weeks of age. Catheters were placed in the aorta, pulmonary artery, and atria, and an electromagnetic flow probe was positioned around the main pulmonary artery. Each hypoxic challenge (Fio2 = 0.14) lasted 5 min, and was separated by an equal duration of ventilation with air. Nine control animals were ventilated with air for 90 min, a period of time equivalent to the seven challenges in the experimental group, and subjected to one hypoxic challenge at the end. Hypoxia uniformly induced pulmonary vasoconstriction. Repeated intermittent hypoxic challenges produced a progressive increase in pulmonary artery pressure and vascular resistance, both during air ventilation and hypoxia. For each challenge, the vascular resistance value achieved during hypoxia was directly related to the immediately preceding air ventilation one, and the magnitude of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, defined as the incremental change in resistance from air to hypoxia, was not different from the first to the last challenge in the experimental group. In the control group the pulmonary vascular tone did not change during the 90 min of air ventilation, and the single hypoxic challenge induced an increase in pulmonary vascular pressure and resistance similar in magnitude to the first challenge in the experimental group. Indomethacin administration to five experimental animals, after the last challenge, reversed the increase in air ventilation pulmonary artery pressure and vascular resistance.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Effect of hypoxia on prostacyclin production in cultured pulmonary artery endothelium

Exposure of cultured bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells to varying levels of hypoxia (10% or 0% O₂) for 4 hours resulted in a significant dose-dependent inhibition in endothelial prostacyclin synthesis (51% and 98%, at the 10% and 0% O₂ levels respectively, p <0.05, compared to 21% O₂ exposure values). Release of ³H-arachidonic acid from cellular pools was not altered by hypoxia. Some of the cells were incubated with arachidonic acid (20 μM for 5 min) or PGH₂ (4 μM for 2 min) immediately after exposure. Endothelium exposed to 0% O₂, but not to 10% O₂, produced significantly less prostacyclin after addition of either arachidonic acid (25 ± 5% of 21% O₂ exposure values, n=6, p <0.01) or PGH₂ (31 ± 3% of 21% O₂ exposure values, n=6, p <0.05). These results suggest that hypoxia inhibits cyclooxygenase at the 10% O₂ level and both cyclooxygenase and prostacyclin synthetase enzymes at the 0% O₂ exposure levels. Exposure of aortic endothelial cells resulted in a 44% inhibition of prostacyclin at the 0% exposure level. No significant alteration in prostacyclin production was found in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells exposed to hypoxia. These data suggest that the increased prostacyclin production reported in lungs exposed to hypoxia is not due to a direct effect of hypoxia on the main prostacyclin producing cells of the pulmonary circulation.     

Induction of adrenomedullin by hypoxia in cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells.

To explore the role of adrenomedullin (ADM) in pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease, we investigated the effects of hypoxia on the production and secretion of ADM in cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells. Treatment with hypoxia (5% CO2/94% N2/1% O2) for 6 and 12 h increased expression levels of ADM mRNA 2.2-fold and fivefold compared with the normoxia control, respectively. The levels of immunoreactive ADM in the media were increased by 12-h hypoxia about fivefold compared with the control (39.0+/-1.1 fmol/10(5) cells per 12 h under hypoxia and 7.9+/-0.4 fmol/10(5) cells per 12 h under normoxia; P<0.01, n = 4, mean +/- SEM). Reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of the extracts of culture media under normoxia and hypoxia showed one major peak eluting in the position of human ADM standard. The production and secretion of ADM were increased in cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells under hypoxia. ADM may therefore play an important pathophysiological role in ischemic heart disease.     

Acute and chronic cardiovascular effects of intermittent hypoxia in C57BL/6J mice.

We investigated the effects of 1) acute hypoxia and 2) 5 wk of chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH) on the systemic and pulmonary circulations of C57BL/6J mice. Mice were chronically instrumented with either femoral artery or right ventricular catheters. In response to acute hypoxia (4 min of 10% O2; n = 6), systemic arterial blood pressure fell (P < 0.005) from 107.7 +/- 2.5 to 84.7 +/- 6.5 mmHg, whereas right ventricular pressure increased (P < 0.005) from 11.7 +/- 0.8 to 14.9 +/- 1.3 mmHg. Another cohort of mice was then exposed to IH for 5 wk (O2 nadir = 5%, 60-s cycles, 12 h/day) and then implanted with catheters. In response to 5 wk of chronic IH, mice (n = 8) increased systemic blood pressure by 7.5 mmHg, left ventricle + septum weight by 32.2 +/- 7.5 x 10(-2) g/100 g body wt (P < 0.015), and right ventricle weight by 19.3 +/- 3.2 x 10(-2) g/100 g body wt (P < 0.001), resulting in a 14% increase in the right ventricle/left ventricle + septum weight (P < 0.005). We conclude that in C57BL/6J mice 1) acute hypoxia causes opposite effects on the pulmonary and systemic circulations, leading to preferential loading of the right heart; and 2) chronic IH in mice results in mild to moderate systemic and pulmonary hypertension, with resultant left- and right-sided ventricular hypertrophy.